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Stanley Vs. Georgia

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 07, 1969

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  11. U.S. 557 (1969) U.S. Supreme Court Stanley v. Georgia
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  12. U.S. 557 (1969) Stanley v. Georgia
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  13. statute is unconstitutional insofar as it punishes mere private possession of obscene matter. Georgia, relying on Roth v. United
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  14. possession on the ground that it is a necessary incident to a statutory scheme prohibiting distribution, see Smith v. California
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  15. Page 394 U. S. 559 was tried before a jury and convicted. The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed. Stanley v. State
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  16. Roth v. United
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  17. the States are free, subject to the limits of other provisions of the Constitution, see, e.g., Ginsberg v. New
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  18. by the First Amendment. That statement has been repeated in various forms in subsequent cases. See, e.g., Smith v. California
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  19. Ginsberg v. New
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  20. The defendant in a companion case, Alberts v. California
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  21. Martin v. City
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  22. Griswold v. Connecticut
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  23. Lamont v. Postmaster
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  24. Pierce v. Society
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  25. U. S. 510 (1925). This right to receive information and ideas, regardless of their social worth, see Winters v. New
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  26. Olmstead v. United
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  27. States, 277 U. S. 438 , 277 U. S. 478 (1928) (Brandeis, J., dissenting). See Griswold v. Connecticut
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  28. NAACP v. Alabama
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  29. inconsistent with the philosophy of the First Amendment. As the Court said in Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents
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  30. Cf. Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
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  31. mere entertainment is much too elusive for this Court to draw, if indeed such a line can be drawn at all. See Winters v. New
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  32. For example, there is always the danger that obscene material might fall into the hands of children, see Ginsberg v. New
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  33. See Redrup v. New
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  34. restriction may not be justified by the need to ease the administration of otherwise valid criminal laws. See Smith v. California
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  35. of this opinion, we assume that they are obscene under any of the tests advanced by members of this Court. See Redrup v. New
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  36. The issue was before the Court in Mapp v. Ohio
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  37. Hoke v. United
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  38. Chaplinsky v. New
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  39. Hannegan v. Esquire
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  40. Winters v. New
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  41. prosecutions for sale or distribution of obscene materials or possession with intent to sell or distribute. See Redrup v. New
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  42. Mishkin v. New
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  43. Ginzburg v. United
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  44. Smith v. California
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  45. S. 147 (1959). Our most recent decision involved a prosecution for sale of obscene material to children. Ginsberg v. New
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  46. Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City
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  47. preventing the distribution or mailing of obscene material, or procedures for pre-distribution approval. See Freedman v. Maryland
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  48. Marcus v. Search
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  49. A Quantity of Books v. Kansas
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Stanley v. Georgia
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